University Robot Aims to Put a House on the Moon

Alper Aydemir writes, "This is a new robot prototype from
Malardalen University in Sweden about a robot which can deploy a 10msq
house. Much like IKEA on Moon, check out the video!" He sent a link
to a story
in the robotliving.com blog about Project Roony. A team of 14 students at
Sweden's Malardalen University are building the robot as part of artist
Mikael Genberg's House on the
Moon. The idea is to put a scale model of a house on the moon as a
symbol. If you're wondering about the name, here's the official
explanation: "The name roony is a combination of ROver and moON, and
the Y is just added to make the name a little bit more catchy.".
Video of Roony deploying a prototype of the "house" after the
break. For even more video of Roony's development see the Project Roony news page.